Yesterday I was grateful for time with my family.

My home was blessed with the presence of four generations of family on my Mother's side yesterday.  My grandfather's 90th birthday is this week and we decided to celebrate it at my home (none of them had seen the new place yet) with a family cookout yesterday.  It was really lovely to see ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was grateful for a wonderful evening with good friends ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was grateful for the chance to catch up with my cousins.

I have four cousins on my father's side who are all really awesome.  We didn't get to spend a whole lot of time together growing up, though--they lived in Rochester, NY, and I grew up in MD.  It's always great to get a chance to see them, and last night was particularly ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was grateful for having my family and Jay's family at our home together.

One of those funny little things--although Jay and I have been together for over a decade, our parents had not met each other before last night.  So yesterday was a huge deal for me.  It made me so incredibly happy to look around my home and see my parents, his ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was grateful for a fun evening with my in-laws.

I can't begin to tell you how lucky I feel to be on good terms with Jay's family.  I hear horror stories all the time about in-law issues from my friends.  My in-laws?  Some of the best people I've ever met.  My mother-in-law, Joanie, is one of my favorite drinking buddies.  Jay's Dad ( Read more... )

Had a WONDERFUL Christmas/gwenergy 's birthday this year.  The day began at the Asylum with our annual Big Asylum Breakfast.  Featured dishes include Heart Attack Surprise (we only make it on Christmas--the caloric content really is that bad), fresh fruit, a pitcher of mimosas, and homemade waffles courtesy of Dad.  Received wonderful gifts--big, squooshy ( Read more... )

I'm sure you all get sick of hearing this, but I LOVE my in-laws.

They got a Wii at some point in time over the last year and we've been playing on it over the weekend.  One of the highlights of my trip was the post-Thanksgiving-dinner-drunken-hoola-hoop-game competition.  Now, I loathe and despise video games, generally speaking.  I find them ( Read more... )

Arrived safely at the in-laws in Pittsburgh.  The drive up was pretty good--a little slow in places, but still moving.  Made it in a little less than four hours--pretty normal, actually.  I can do it in summer in 3.5.  This year revelrain  took today off from work--usually we drive up Wednesday night after he gets off work.  I'm definitely a fan of this ( Read more... )

Amazing.  It's the day after Thanksgiving and I'm still experiencing this weird mental lethargy.  I think I have a food hangover again, lol.

Thanksgiving was a lot of fun, as per usual. 
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I love spending Memorial Day weekend with
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